HIGHLIGHTS
- Rohit Sharma is the leading run scorer for India in T20I cricket
- He has played 133 T20I matches and has scored 3499 runs
- Rohit Sharma has a career average of 32.10
IND vs PAK: Team India has started on a winning note in the ongoing Asia Cup which is being played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The number one ranked T20I side in the world, team India defeated the number 3 ranked team Pakistan by a margin of 5 wickets. When these two teams met in the ICC T20I World Cup which was played in 2021, Pakistan had inflicted a 10-wicket loss on India and the men in blue have now returned the favor. In the opening match of group A, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first.
India’s pace battery which includes the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, and Hardik Pandya were spot on with their game plans and did not let Pakistan accelerate at any given point in time. The boys in green kept on struggling and somehow managed to score 147. Team India chased this target down with 5 wickets remaining.